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By Rob Chrisman

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Sep. 29, 2012: 160 agencies offer housing assistance; industry mergers continue; joke/explanation of derivatives

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Sep 28

Fri

Sep. 28, 2012: ICON Residential sold; LO comp comments due; could Congress let Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expire?

12 min read

Sep 27

Thu

Sep. 27, 2012: Basel III to help big banks? And a calculation tool to show its impact; Texas Ratio helps LO’s think about bank health

8 min read

Sep 26

Wed

Sep. 26, 2012: AllRegs jobs; politics & housing; 3.8% real estate tax myth; lots of processing & origination stats

12 min read

Sep 25

Tue

Sep. 25, 2012: Mortgage jobs; Luther Burbank-DOJ fair lending settlement; Guild’s switch on FHA Streamlines; Bernanke joke

11 min read

Sep 24

Mon

Sep. 24, 2012: Mortgage Ops & production jobs; Stearns’ anti-steering form for brokers; FHA & condos; mass of servicing rules

12 min read

Sep 22

Sat

Sep. 22, 2012: A note on the role of the broker; input on agency sales caps; lender updates

12 min read

Sep 21

Fri

Sep. 21, 2012: Freddie and Fannie can earn a profit, right? And their double-secret “High Risk” Watch List of 300 lenders

12 min read

Sep 20

Thu

Sep. 20, 2012: Unintended consequences of QE3; letters from the trenches on current lending standards; Fannie to roll out state-based pricing?

11 min read

Sep 19

Wed

Sep. 19, 2012: Dodd Frank rulemaking update; NAR and builders suggest looser lending standards – surprised?

12 min read

Sep 18

Tue

Sep. 18, 2012: Pool of potential borrowers deep; why a company would close a division; Bank of England plan; lots training coming up

10 min read

Sep 17

Mon

Sep. 17, 2012: Mortgage jobs; letters on servicing premiums, prepayments, title scam, and the sacred mortgage interest deduction

12 min read

Sep 15

Sat

Sep. 15, 2012: Subservicer list: a growth business – in servicing what you don’t know really can hurt you; lender updates

13 min read

Sep 14

Fri

Sep. 14, 2012: Readers’ insightful reactions to Fed move; House passes FHA measure; new warehouse lender or…

11 min read

Sep 13

Thu

Sep. 13, 2012: Reader comments on gfees and sales caps; Freddie buybacks; MERS & Radian in the press; CFPB Advisory Board announced

11 min read

Sep 12

Wed

Sep. 12, 2012: Why the recent gfee increase? Why the annual Fannie sales cap? Will there be more? Link to buyback rep & warrant announcement

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Sep. 29, 2012: 160 agencies offer housing assistance; industry mergers continue; joke/explanation of derivatives

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